Dinkyn.³

Brit.

/ˈdɪŋki/, U.S.

/ˈdɪŋki/

Forms: Also dinky.

Etymology: Compare dinky adj.¹ and n.¹

A proprietary name for a make of toy model motor vehicles, etc., esp. as Dinky car, Dinky toy. (No longer trading.)

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > other toys > [noun] > toy model car

minicar1948

Dinky car1950

Dinky toy1950

matchbox1954

slot car1966

slot racer1966

1950 Trade Marks Jrnl. 5 July 624/2 Dinky toys... Toy models. Meccano Limited, 236, Binns Road, Liverpool, 13; Toy Manufacturers.

1957 Economist 28 Dec. 1111/2 As they [sc. children] often seem to bring back the same toy from each party—most usually, a surplus dinky car.

1966 N. Freeling King of Rainy Country 45 That brand new Porsche means about as much to a fellow like this as a Dinky toy.

1977 Private Eye 1 Apr. 20/2 (advt.) Collector wishes to purchase Dinky toys.

1982 Sunday Times 13 June 49/4 American foods group General Mills bought Airfix and its Meccano, Great Model Railway and Dinky lines.

1982 Economist 3 July 30/3 Much of that ocean is even more dangerous than the South Atlantic: within reach of Russian land-based aircraft (which can carry sea-skimming missiles that make Exocet look like a Dinky toy).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

dinkyn.⁴

Brit.

/ˈdɪŋki/, U.S.

/ˈdɪŋki/

Forms: Also dinkie and with capital initial.

Etymology: Acronym < the initial letters of double (also dual) income no kids + -y suffix⁶, -ie suffix, on the model of yuppie. The final y is sometimes interpreted as ‘yet’.

slang (originally North American).

Either partner of a usually professional working couple who have no children and are characterized (esp. in marketing) as affluent consumers with few domestic demands on their time and money. Frequently in plural.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > wealth > [noun] > rich or wealthy person > partner in affluent couple

dinky1986

dink1987

1986 Sunday Tel. 21 Dec. 2/1 Dinkies: Double Income No Kids couples are the latest upmarket target identified by financiers of Wall Street and Toronto for retailers of everything from unit trusts to after shave.

1986 Sunday Tel. 21 Dec. 2/1 British statistics released this weekend confirm that the Day of the Dinky has dawned here too.

1987 Sunday Tel. 18 Jan. 3/1 A Swell Dinkie has her own Gold American Express card which her husband still aims for.

1987 Observer 21 June 59/3 People who will live in Docklands are empty nesters, dinkies, two incomes, two cars.

1987 Los Angeles Times 1 Nov. i. 7/2 A spokesman for the London Docklands Development Corp...describes the new resident as mainly dinkys—standing for dual income, no kids yet.

1988 Daily Tel. 28 Mar. 24/8 Affluent dinkys (double income no kids yet) and married women with investment income and rich husbands will benefit from the end of aggregation.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

dinkyadj.¹n.¹

Brit.

/ˈdɪŋki/, U.S.

/ˈdɪŋki/, Scottish English

/ˈdɪŋkɪ/

Forms: Also dinkey, dinkie.

Etymology: < dink adj.¹

dialect and colloquial (chiefly Scottish and North American).

A. adj.¹

Neat, trim, dainty; small, tiny, trifling.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adjective] > delicate or dainty

finea1375

dely?c1400

delicate?a1425

minionate1496

minion1528

minion1529

gingerly1534

daintyc1540

minikin1545

daint1590

inconyc1592

minic1598

delicated1605

minical1668

finickingc1749

minionette1749

dinky1788

daintified1834

airy-fairy1837

mignon1837

minny1942

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [adjective] > small and dainty or trim

dapper1579

dinky1788

trotty1891

1788 E. Picken Poems & Epist. 230/1 Dinkie, neat, handsome.

1858 M. Porteous Real Souter Johnny (ed. 2) 29 Ye'll observe yon dinkie pile In your ain cauf-lan'.

1880 L. Parr Adam & Eve xxviii You must leave me a dinkey little corner to squeeze into by.

1887 Courier-Jrnl. (Louisville, Kentucky) 1 Feb. 8/4 Jumping on a dinkey train while in motion.

1893 Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch 8 Apr. The British Artillerymen wore little dinky caps with a yellow band.

1896 G. Ade Artie xvii. 154 I'll come hot-footin' in here with my knee-pants and a dinky coat.

1904 ‘O. Henry’ Cabbages & Kings x. 169 A train of cars was waitin' for us on a dinky little railroad.

1905 E. Phillpotts Secret Woman i. i. 16 You're all angel yourself—all, to the dinky dimple there at the corner of your li'l mouth.

1915 Punch 20 Jan. 49 I shall have a couple of the dinkiest little wounded subs to show you.

1917 ‘Contact’ Airman's Outings 224 Winkle, the dinky Persian with a penchant for high life, has presented the family with five kittens.

1929 D. Coke Monkey Tree xvi Miss Des Vaux asserted her superiority by saying that it was a ‘dinky notion’.

1960 K. M. Wells Cruising North Channel 24 You will need a stove of sorts, something better than the dinky little two-burner alcohol contraption with which so many so-called cruising ships are fitted.

B. n.¹

Any small object or contrivance; spec. a small boat (perhaps a corrupt form of dinghy n.) or a small locomotive. Chiefly U.S. (in spelling dinkey).

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > [noun] > small vessel > small boat

nacelle1483

cockle boata1625

peasecod-boat1657

boatie1788

monkey boat1813

dinky1849

cockle1857

sea-boat1909

1849 Pacific News (San Francisco) 27 Nov. 4/2 Picked up adrift, in San Pablo bay, a small copper Dinkey.

1874 Kalama (Washington) Beacon 20 Jan. 4/2 The passenger train from Tacoma..passed the Des Chuttes bridge..an hour or two previous to the ‘dinkey’.

1905 Terms Forestry & Logging (Bull. U.S. Dept. Agric., Bureau Forestry, No. 61) 35 Dinkey, a small logging locomotive.

1905 G. S. Wasson Green Shay 195 They'll make out to cast loose their dinky all right.

1948 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Jrnl. 18 July 6/3 The huffing and puffing steam dinkeys..still see service when traffic is heavy.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

dinkyadj.²n.²

Origin: Formed within English by derivation. Etymons: dinkum adj., -y suffix⁶; dinkum n., -y suffix⁶.

Etymology: As adjective < dink- (in dinkum adj.) + -y suffix⁶. Compare earlier dinky-di adj. As noun < dink- (in dinkum n.) + -y suffix⁶.

= dinkum n., adj., and adv. Australian (and New Zealand) slang.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [noun]

soothc950

soothOE

rightOE

soothnessc1275

soothness1297

soothshipc1320

soothhead1340

very1382

trotha1387

trutha1391

verity1422

veriment1528

true?1531

trueness1559

veriness1574

reality1604

veracity1664

veridicalness1727

the fact of the matter1808

truthfulness1835

actualité1840

the straight1866

satya1879

straight goods1892

veridicalitya1901

truth value1903

dinky1941

1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 23 The dinky, the truth. Also adj., dinky, true.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

n.³1950

n.⁴1986

adj.¹n.¹1788

adj.²n.²1941

单词	dinky
释义	Dinkyn.³ Brit. /ˈdɪŋki/, U.S. /ˈdɪŋki/ Forms: Also dinky. Etymology: Compare dinky adj.¹ and n.¹ A proprietary name for a make of toy model motor vehicles, etc., esp. as Dinky car, Dinky toy. (No longer trading.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > other toys > [noun] > toy model car minicar1948 Dinky car1950 Dinky toy1950 matchbox1954 slot car1966 slot racer1966 1950 Trade Marks Jrnl. 5 July 624/2 Dinky toys... Toy models. Meccano Limited, 236, Binns Road, Liverpool, 13; Toy Manufacturers. 1957 Economist 28 Dec. 1111/2 As they [sc. children] often seem to bring back the same toy from each party—most usually, a surplus dinky car. 1966 N. Freeling King of Rainy Country 45 That brand new Porsche means about as much to a fellow like this as a Dinky toy. 1977 Private Eye 1 Apr. 20/2 (advt.) Collector wishes to purchase Dinky toys. 1982 Sunday Times 13 June 49/4 American foods group General Mills bought Airfix and its Meccano, Great Model Railway and Dinky lines. 1982 Economist 3 July 30/3 Much of that ocean is even more dangerous than the South Atlantic: within reach of Russian land-based aircraft (which can carry sea-skimming missiles that make Exocet look like a Dinky toy). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online March 2022). dinkyn.⁴ Brit. /ˈdɪŋki/, U.S. /ˈdɪŋki/ Forms: Also dinkie and with capital initial. Etymology: Acronym < the initial letters of double (also dual) income no kids + -y suffix⁶, -ie suffix, on the model of yuppie. The final y is sometimes interpreted as ‘yet’. slang (originally North American). Either partner of a usually professional working couple who have no children and are characterized (esp. in marketing) as affluent consumers with few domestic demands on their time and money. Frequently in plural. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > wealth > [noun] > rich or wealthy person > partner in affluent couple dinky1986 dink1987 1986 Sunday Tel. 21 Dec. 2/1 Dinkies: Double Income No Kids couples are the latest upmarket target identified by financiers of Wall Street and Toronto for retailers of everything from unit trusts to after shave. 1986 Sunday Tel. 21 Dec. 2/1 British statistics released this weekend confirm that the Day of the Dinky has dawned here too. 1987 Sunday Tel. 18 Jan. 3/1 A Swell Dinkie has her own Gold American Express card which her husband still aims for. 1987 Observer 21 June 59/3 People who will live in Docklands are empty nesters, dinkies, two incomes, two cars. 1987 Los Angeles Times 1 Nov. i. 7/2 A spokesman for the London Docklands Development Corp...describes the new resident as mainly dinkys—standing for dual income, no kids yet. 1988 Daily Tel. 28 Mar. 24/8 Affluent dinkys (double income no kids yet) and married women with investment income and rich husbands will benefit from the end of aggregation. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2022). dinkyadj.¹n.¹ Brit. /ˈdɪŋki/, U.S. /ˈdɪŋki/, Scottish English /ˈdɪŋkɪ/ Forms: Also dinkey, dinkie. Etymology: < dink adj.¹ dialect and colloquial (chiefly Scottish and North American). A. adj.¹ Neat, trim, dainty; small, tiny, trifling. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adjective] > delicate or dainty finea1375 dely?c1400 delicate?a1425 minionate1496 minion1528 minion1529 gingerly1534 daintyc1540 minikin1545 daint1590 inconyc1592 minic1598 delicated1605 minical1668 finickingc1749 minionette1749 dinky1788 daintified1834 airy-fairy1837 mignon1837 minny1942 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [adjective] > small and dainty or trim dapper1579 dinky1788 trotty1891 1788 E. Picken Poems & Epist. 230/1 Dinkie, neat, handsome. 1858 M. Porteous Real Souter Johnny (ed. 2) 29 Ye'll observe yon dinkie pile In your ain cauf-lan'. 1880 L. Parr Adam & Eve xxviii You must leave me a dinkey little corner to squeeze into by. 1887 Courier-Jrnl. (Louisville, Kentucky) 1 Feb. 8/4 Jumping on a dinkey train while in motion. 1893 Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch 8 Apr. The British Artillerymen wore little dinky caps with a yellow band. 1896 G. Ade Artie xvii. 154 I'll come hot-footin' in here with my knee-pants and a dinky coat. 1904 ‘O. Henry’ Cabbages & Kings x. 169 A train of cars was waitin' for us on a dinky little railroad. 1905 E. Phillpotts Secret Woman i. i. 16 You're all angel yourself—all, to the dinky dimple there at the corner of your li'l mouth. 1915 Punch 20 Jan. 49 I shall have a couple of the dinkiest little wounded subs to show you. 1917 ‘Contact’ Airman's Outings 224 Winkle, the dinky Persian with a penchant for high life, has presented the family with five kittens. 1929 D. Coke Monkey Tree xvi Miss Des Vaux asserted her superiority by saying that it was a ‘dinky notion’. 1960 K. M. Wells Cruising North Channel 24 You will need a stove of sorts, something better than the dinky little two-burner alcohol contraption with which so many so-called cruising ships are fitted. B. n.¹ Any small object or contrivance; spec. a small boat (perhaps a corrupt form of dinghy n.) or a small locomotive. Chiefly U.S. (in spelling dinkey). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > [noun] > small vessel > small boat nacelle1483 cockle boata1625 peasecod-boat1657 boatie1788 monkey boat1813 dinky1849 cockle1857 sea-boat1909 1849 Pacific News (San Francisco) 27 Nov. 4/2 Picked up adrift, in San Pablo bay, a small copper Dinkey. 1874 Kalama (Washington) Beacon 20 Jan. 4/2 The passenger train from Tacoma..passed the Des Chuttes bridge..an hour or two previous to the ‘dinkey’. 1905 Terms Forestry & Logging (Bull. U.S. Dept. Agric., Bureau Forestry, No. 61) 35 Dinkey, a small logging locomotive. 1905 G. S. Wasson Green Shay 195 They'll make out to cast loose their dinky all right. 1948 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Jrnl. 18 July 6/3 The huffing and puffing steam dinkeys..still see service when traffic is heavy. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2022). dinkyadj.²n.² Origin: Formed within English by derivation. Etymons: dinkum adj., -y suffix⁶; dinkum n., -y suffix⁶. Etymology: As adjective < dink- (in dinkum adj.) + -y suffix⁶. Compare earlier dinky-di adj. As noun < dink- (in dinkum n.) + -y suffix⁶. = dinkum n., adj., and adv. Australian (and New Zealand) slang. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [noun] soothc950 soothOE rightOE soothnessc1275 soothness1297 soothshipc1320 soothhead1340 very1382 trotha1387 trutha1391 verity1422 veriment1528 true?1531 trueness1559 veriness1574 reality1604 veracity1664 veridicalness1727 the fact of the matter1808 truthfulness1835 actualité1840 the straight1866 satya1879 straight goods1892 veridicalitya1901 truth value1903 dinky1941 1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 23 The dinky, the truth. Also adj., dinky, true. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.³1950n.⁴1986adj.¹n.¹1788adj.²n.²1941
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